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The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age

Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. -- Publisher description.

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  • "This text explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity."
  • "Examines seventeenth-century Dutch life, history, and culture."
  • "Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. -- Publisher description."@en
  • ""Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies."--Amazon"@en
  • "Studie over het denken en handelen van voornamelijk de middenklasse in de Republiek der Nederlanden."

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  • "History"
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  • "The embarrassement of riches"
  • "The Embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age"
  • "The Embarrassement of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age"
  • "The Embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches"
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  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of dutch culture in the Golden age"
  • "The Embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches an interpretation of dutch culture in the Golden Age"
  • "The embarassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the golden age"
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  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age"
  • "The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age"@en

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